Daily Archive: Tuesday, December 3, 2013

At about 1225h today, police say that Fenton Duncan, 48 years of Roxanne Burnham Gardens; and Sherry Ramroop, 38 years of Eccles, EBD, were at a car wash on Mandela Avenue, Georgetown, when they were held up by a man armed with a handgun.

(Barbados Nation) Domestic violence has claimed the life of a sixth woman this year.

Guyana ranked a very poor 27 out of 100 points in the Transparency International 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI).

(Trinidad Express) Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Dookeran yesterday said that he does not want any trade wars with Jamaica and assured that solutions will be found to quell the tension between both countries.

(Reuters) – Brendon McCullum ended a barren run of scores and three-year century drought as he and Ross Taylor tore apart a weakened West Indies attack to drive the hosts to 367 for three at the close of the first day of the opening test today.

The case against Hytilall Ramandahin was yesterday dismissed after the magistrate found that he was not grossly negligent in the Pomeroon River accident that took the lives of six people on December 18, 2012.

At least four men are today nursing mild to no-so-mild injuries after they fell from the third to the second floor of the City Food Court which is currently under construction at the intersection of Camp and Robb streets.

Brian Leitch, also known as ‘Big Foot,’ was yesterday charged with the murder of hotelier Joseph Jagdeo, whose phone police say he stole and later sold to a woman.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday agreed to set up a sub-committee which will examine and make recommendations on the criteria for nominees to the PPC as well as the processes that prelude the setting up of the body as PAC members seek to gain some ground.

Chinese bauxite company BOSAI Minerals’ royalty rate is offset by the company’s Corporate Tax payment whenever the company makes a profit, according to Company Secretary Norman McLean, who is denying royalties are being withheld from the country.

In the article captioned ‘Orange Walk murder …DPP’s review stalled by non-delivery of depositions’ which was published in the December 1 edition of the Sunday Stabroek, it was incorrectly stated that the prosecutor at the time accused Caryle Barton was discharged was Bharrat Mangru.

APNU Executive Member Dr Rupert Roopnaraine says that he does not believe that the presidential term limit set out in the constitution leaves any room for a former president to contest again after serving two terms.

A two-year-old boy is currently a patient of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after he was burnt when his father attempted to light a coal pot using fuel.

An East Bank woman and her family had the scare of their lives on Sunday afternoon when a utility pole crashed into their home.

The ruling party yesterday took aim at the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) over its failure to deal with the city’s garbage problem and dysfunctional and drainage and irrigation system ahead of last week’s flash flooding, despite available  help from Public Works and Agriculture ministries.

Anna Regina Secondary School was closed yesterday and will remain closed today on account of the flooding problem in that town and which has affected other areas along the coast.

Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Tigers defeated Malvern of Trinidad and Tobago 4-2 in the women’s final when the Diamond Mineral Water International Indoor Hockey Festival concluded on Sunday at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

Parents of an 11-year-old girl of Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice who died last week after complaining of abdominal pain are seeking answers as the post-mortem examination failed to determine a cause.

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) began its 40th Anniversary celebrations with a series of Interfaith and Thanksgiving Services across the region.

Post-mortem examinations done yesterday on Molly James and her son, Aaron James revealed that they died as a result of haemorrhaging and shock due to multiple stab wounds.

Different country but the same taste of victory for Cleveland Forde.

Port Mourant Training Centre (PMTC 1) on Sunday continued their winning streak for the third consecutive year, beating the Port Mourant Jaguars in the finals of the 3rd Annual Shane Balram Memorial Volleyball Competition played at the Albion Sports Complex Volleyball Court in Berbice.

GR:  As a newcomer to the National Assembly what was your immediate impression of the way in which the business of the House is conducted?

Relatives of Sideek Juman of Blankenburg, West Coast Demerara whose body was pulled from a hotel pool one year ago are appealing for justice and bemoan the lack of co-operation from the police.

A Breda Street fisherman yesterday pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking and was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment along with a $129,000 fine.

The significance of the outcome of the November 2011 general elections – at least as far as the electorate was concerned – reposed in what we  describe as the “one seat majority,” that is to say the single-seat numerical advantage which the parliamentary opposition holds over the executive in the National Assembly.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – England manager Roy Hodgson borrowed a line from the hit movie Forrest Gump yesterday when he described his thoughts ahead of this week’s draw for the World Cup.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) is hosting its Annual Awards Ceremony for players and officers tonight at the Georgetown Cricket Club pavilion.

A Sophia man charged with armed robbery was yesterday accused of trailing the victim after she left a city bank and robbing her at gun-point when she tried to evade him by ducking into a pharmacy.

By Dr Didacus Jules This year marks the 40th Anniversary of the establishment of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), It is a significant watershed, perhaps insufficiently observed in the Caribbean. 

A failed bid to steal a woman’s handbag has landed Lodge resident Kelvin Washington an 18-month residency in prison.

The Guyana Horse Racing Authority (GHRA) will be writing the Port Mourant Turf Club (PMTC), the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club and the Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club (NSMTC) because of unpaid affiliation fees for 2013.

The implications of the ruling of September 23 by the Constitutional Tribunal of the Dominican Republic, stripping citizenship from the offspring of non-resident Haitians born in the Dominican Republic, where nationality is conferred jus soli, by place of birth, are only beginning to be understood by the international community with the OAS, Amnesty International, and the governments of Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana, St Vincent and the Grenadines, openly condemning the violation of human rights it represents.

By Walter B Alexander In the same way that National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) results are a reflection of the primary school system, so too,  the CSEC Caribbean Secondary Educa-tion Certificate (CSEC) results are a reflection of the secondary school system.

At least two recycling plants will be built in the not so distant future, as according to Deputy Mayor Patricia Chase-Green applications have been approved for their development.

Dear Editor, Residents of Cotton Field and the township have been flooded out over the past week.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Joe Root and Ian Bell are the two candidates to replace Jonathan Trott at number three in the England batting order for this week’s second Ashes test in Adelaide, batting coach Graham Gooch said yesterday.

GENEVA (Reuters) – Evidence collected by UN investigators probing Syrian war crimes implicates President Bashar al-Assad, United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay said yesterday.

The concerns expressed by this teenaged victim of sexual harassment have led us to exclude her name from this story and to otherwise disguise our approach to the interview to protect her identity.

The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs received a donation of 30 mattresses from Food for the Poor for the Sand Creek secondary school dormitory in Region 9 which is also accommodating 50 additional students from the North Pakaraimas in Region 8, owing to overcrowding at the Paramakatoi secondary school dormitory.

Dear Editor, Over the past three weeks we have become frustrated over the garbage collection system in Enmore, ECD.

LONDON, CMC- Grenada International Delroy Facey is reported to be among six persons arrested on suspicion of fixing English Football Games, the British media have reported.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – With each pull-up jump shot and polished offensive move, Indiana Pacers forward Paul George resembles his childhood idol Kobe Bryant, yet he has managed to carve out his own identity as one of basketball’s rising stars.

Dear Editor, As head of the Independent Party and candidate for Mayor of Georgetown, I condemn the playing of politics with Georgetown.

The records that were available to me indicate that the first book ever published about Guyana was The Discoverie of the Large, Rich, and Beautiful Empyre of Guiana (With a Relation of the Great and Golden Citie of Manoa (Which the Spanyards call El Dorado) and of the Provinces of Emeria, Aromaia, Amapaia, and Other Countries, with Their Riulers, Adjoyning by Sir Walter Raleigh, an Englishman in 1596. 

The US Embassy observed the 14th Annual International Educational Week from November 18-22 by conducting information-sharing sessions at several secondary schools in Georgetown, Berbice, Linden, and Essequibo.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO would have to pull all its troops out of Afghanistan by the end of 2014 if Afghan President Hamid Karzai does not sign a security pact with the United States, alliance chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said yesterday.

(Reuters) – A federal grand jury in Texas has charged a former governor in Mexico’s ruling party with drug smuggling, bank fraud, racketeering, money laundering and working with drug cartels, according to an indictment unsealed yesterday.

Dear Editor, Congratulations to my friend Bishnodat (Vishnu) Persaud for his high Barbadian honour.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC- A 15-member West Indies U-19 cricket team has arrived in Dhaka to play against Bangladesh in a seven-game Youth One Day International series starting on Friday.

Guyana Review: Take us back to your formative years as a writer.

LONDON (Reuters) – Health disparities between rich and poor nations could be banished in a generation by investment in research, vaccines and drugs to combat diseases such as AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, global health experts said today.

The Guinness Greatest of the Streets Georgetown Zone continues today at the National Cultural Centre Tarmac on Hadfield Street and Mandela Avenue with eight fixtures.

Workers seen clearing vegetation and garbage from a trench at Church and Cummings streets yesterday.

Dear Editor, This is in reference to ‘T&T PM stands firm on decision to deport 13 Jamaicans’ (SN, Nov 27) as well as related news items (Nov 21, 22, etc) on the issue.

Prior to a few months ago I had not seen George Simon in quite as few years.

A 23-year-old man was yesterday placed on bail for assault. It is alleged that on November 24,

Alpha United led by an Anthony Abrams helmet trick and a Gregory Richardson hat trick mauled Grove Hi-Tech 8-0 when action in the Georgetown Football Association (GFA)/Banks Beer Knockout Cup continued on Sunday.

MIAMI (Reuters) – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, bound for Washington on an official visit, said yesterday he remains cautiously optimistic about peace talks with Marxist FARC rebels taking place in Cuba.

Several weeks ago, I was invited to meet some students who had volunteered to serve as tutors for the recently established writing centre at the Belmopan campus of the University of Belize.

The New Thriving Chinese Restaurant will in March 2014 open its new restaurant and hotel at the corner of Camp and Lamaha streets offering a fresh and modern way of hosting events and overseas guests, even though it will retain its business on Main Street.

Dear Editor, Close friends know of my aversion to writing to the press; others are aware of my love/hate for SN over the years, but your editorial of December 1 has so lifted me to literary joy that I wish to congratulate the writer for a bold, honest and enlightening revelation.

This Hunter Street Albouystown drain was manually cleared of vegetation and garbage yesterday, albeit a bit too late to prevent the flooding which occurred last week.

CARACAS (Reuters) – A power blackout plunged the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, and other cities around the nation into darkness last night, residents said.

The creation of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MNRE) following the November 2011 elections has resulted in serious staffing issues at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) since persons have been transferred to the ministry or one of its programmes.

Senior umpire Shannon Crawford was last Thursday unanimously returned as President of the Georgetown Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association (GSU&SA) after the association held its annual general meeting at the Clerical and Commercial Workers Union,  headquarters on Quamina Street.

Cleaning and giving: The Men’s Ministry Department of the Mocha/Arcadia Seventh Day Adventist Church recently visited the Uncle Eddie’s Home and distributed food hampers to the residents.

By Ricardo Hausmann   CAMBRIDGE, MA – It is often difficult to understand how countries that are dealt a pretty good economic hand can end up making a major mess of things.

By David A Granger MP, Leader of the Opposition   The expulsion of an unarmed, seismic survey vessel from Guyana’s exclusive economic zone by a Venezuelan naval corvette was a dangerous and egregious exhibition of gunboat diplomacy.

Six months shy of its twentieth year in office the African National Congress (ANC) has had to relinquish much of the moral high ground which it had held in May 1994 when Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the country’s first black President.

Dear Editor, It is often said that in politics perception is reality.

(Reuters) – Honduras’ electoral authority said yesterday it would review polling booth tallies from last month’s presidential election after the second-place leftist candidate called the result fraudulent.